Point of View

The perspective from which a story

is told

First Person Point of View

– The person telling the story is experiencing the story first hand

– Use of pronouns like I, me, we, us

Third Person Limited

– The narrator knows everything about one particular character

– Use of pronouns like he, she, they, them

Third Person Omniscient

– The narrator is able to see into the minds and actions of all characters

– Use of pronouns like he, she, they

Objective Point of View

– Narrator only describes what can be seen, heard, smelled, felt like a newspaper reporter